SOUTHAM sharpshooter Trina Gulliver targets a £58,000 jackpot at the Lakeside world championship next week.

Gulliver has won all six previous women's events and is chasing the £6,000 winner's prize when the event starts in Frimley Green on Saturday, as well as a £52,000 bonus for throwing a perfect nine-dart leg.

Gulliver has been a whisker away from darting perfection in two previous tournaments - missing the final double 18 at events in Australia and Canada when the prizes on offer were a car and $100,000 - and goes into her quarter-final clash against Dutch qualifier Carla Molema on the opening day of the championship saying she has twin targets.

"I'm going for the nine-darter this year," said the 37-year-old. "If any woman can do it, it will be great for the sport, but I hope it's me.

"I've thrown a couple of nine-darters in practice before and getting the £52,000 would make up for the lack of money for winning the event.

"The men's champion gets £70,000 and the winner of the women's event gets only £6,000.

"I know there are only eight women taking part and there are 32 men, but it's still a bit derisory.

"This is the seventh year of the women's world championship and we should have made more progress by now."

Paul Lim from America threw a nine-dart leg on the Lakeside stage at the world championships in 1990 and darting perfection has been achieved six other times in major television events.

Phil "The Power" Taylor has done it three times, with John Lowe, Shaun Greatbatch and Raymond van Barneveld the other players to produce a faultless leg.

Gulliver says the rewards for a woman throwing a nine-darter should be greater than the £52,000 on offer.

"The women's games are over a shorter format," she reasoned, "so there's less chance of anyone hitting a nine-darter.

"We should probably get £100,000 for doing it because the men have much more opportunity.

"The shorter format means the pressure is on from the start. You can't afford to make too many mistakes.

"You're only three legs away from defeat if you lose the first set."

Semi-final defeats in the BDO Gold Cup and Winmau World Masters meant 2006 was not a vintage year for Gulliver.

She did claim three gold medals at the European Cup in Ireland in September, but fears double trouble could ruin her chances of staying on top of the world.

"I started the year well," said Gulliver, "but I had a dip in form.

"I've been missing a few doubles and I've been giving that part of my game a lot of attention in practice."

Gulliver will have to be at her best to come through a field including players from Holland, Sweden, Russia and Australia.

"It gets harder every year," she admitted. "This is probably the strongest field for the women's world championship and I can't underestimate anyone."